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So wie all die MySQLer aus vollem Hals auf PlanetMySQL die neuesten Produktinformationen rausbrüllen, so schreit dieses Küken der Küstenseeschwalbe. Ich hatte heute keine Lust auf Marktgeschrei. Stattdessen habe ich einige Konservenfotos unter http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulfwendel/ eingestellt, während ich den MacMini fütterte.

Die zwei Arbeitswochen vor der UC grenzten an Tierquälerei. Apropos Tierquälerei: darf ein Supermarkt Reinigungsschaben […]

The first production release of MySQL Connector/C++ is available, please see the official announcement. You can download source and binary packages from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/1.0.html. A long and detailed getting started type API introduction article is waiting for you in the DevZone. The documentation has sections on how to set up NetBeans or VisualStudio projects for creating […]

No next, no finish button? #FAIL

No Firefox, please. You must use the Internet Explorer! #FAIL II

Subject: Out of Office: Registration fails
From: HP Care Pack Admin Germany

HP Care Pack Out of Office… #FAIL III

The End? Oracle to Buy Sun
What does Oracle plan to do with MySQL?
MySQL will be an addition to Oracle’s existing suite of database products, which already includes Oracle Database 11g, TimesTen, Berkeley DB open source database, and the open source transactional storage engine, InnoDB., Oracle Sun FAQ.

No, I don’t have any more details. I am […]

Relax, there are four weeks left to register for the MySQL Connector/C++ web seminar. The webinar is scheduled for May 20. Hurry, if you want to attend the MySQL Conference and Expo 2009 with all its sessions. If you had a stressful day, try gardening. Gardening does not require a garden as you can see.

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Installing MySQL Connector/C++ from Source is the title of a Developer Zone article published today. Knowing how to build the driver from source is important to know for users of the MySQL driver for C++. C++ binaries are less portable than we would wish. There are reasons for incompatibilities beyond our control (different STL version, […]

Coming out of the day: I am not at the MySQL Conference and Expo 2009!
Andrey, who has developed the majority of the source code of both MySQL Connector/C++ and the MySQL native driver for PHP (mysqlnd), will be giving two talks about them. Lawrin, Andrey and I finished writing the slides for the Not […]

Alpha 2 has been announced. You can download the MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org, an OpenOffice.org extension to connect from OpenOffice.org 3.1 to MySQL 5.1 or newer from ftp://qa-upload.services.openoffice.org/MySQLNative/. OpenOffice.org extensions as easy to install Plug-Ins. Installation instructions can be found at the MySQL Forge wiki page on the MySQL driver for OpenOffice.org.

The MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org is the […]

The MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org project is still alive. The code of the alpha version has been "frozen". The Hamburg based Sun OpenOffice.org QA team is testing the alpha builds of the OpenOffice.org extension for OpenOffice.org 3.1. Initial feedback is very promising. Under the hood, the alpha version is using the recently released beta of the MySQL […]

This is the Who-is-who of the MySQL driver for C++. From top left to bottom right: Andrey Hristov, Edwin Desouza, Lawrenty ‘’Lawrin’’ Novitsky (the older guy), Ignacio “Iggy” Galarza, Georg Richter, Kent Boortz, Elizabeth “Liz” Drachnik, Michael “Mike” Frank, Anthony “Tony” Bedford.

Andrey Hristov is the main developer of the driver. He has earned credits at […]

A few days ago, I have published a tutorial on building a Connector/C++ client application on Windows using Visual Studio. Its time for a Linux How-To. My I-Do-Everything (IDE) choice on Linux is NetBeans 6.5. NetBeans is open-source and free. A version with C and C++ support is lightweight (24MB download) and the code-completion feature […]

These materials have been created in April 2009 and are outdated. No promises this still works.

Little idiots (culture clash - “Dear, Dummies”), please find a tutorial on how to compile a command line client using the MySQL Driver for C++ with Visual Studio."Little idiot" may sound offending to native speakers. But it is spot on […]